diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 29191ad..3b15d0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,32 +14,33 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           ref: main
-      - name: Parse version
+      - name: Strip prefix from tag and return version
+        id: version
         # weird hassio-addons/repository-updater behaviour
         # Always creates add-on Readme URL with `v` prefix. E.g. /tree/v*.*.*. so we need tags prefixed with `v` for working add-ons Readme
         # `v` prefix is always stripped when creating addon config.json in add-ons repo ... so we need to build containers without prefix
         # Final verdict: tag prefixed with `v`, everything else without prefix => package.json, config.json (version is used for docker build)
         run: |
           TAG=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
-          echo "VERSION=${TAG#v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "version=${TAG#v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Update root package.json version
         uses: jossef/action-set-json-field@v2.1
         with:
           file: package.json
           field: version
-          value: ${{ VERSION }}
+          value: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
       - name: Update laskakit-data-feeder package.json version
         uses: jossef/action-set-json-field@v2.1
         with:
           file: laskakit-data-feeder/package.json
           field: version
-          value: ${{ VERSION }}
+          value: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
       - name: Update laskakit-data-feeder addon config.json version
         uses: jossef/action-set-json-field@v2.1
         with:
           file: laskakit-data-feeder/config.json
           field: version
-          value: ${{ VERSION }}
+          value: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
       - name: Extract release date from git tag
         id: release_date
         run: |
@@ -47,13 +48,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Update Changelog
         uses: stefanzweifel/changelog-updater-action@v1
         with:
-          latest-version: ${{ VERSION }}
+          latest-version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
           release-date: ${{ steps.release_date.outputs.date }}
           release-notes: ${{ github.event.release.body }}
       - name: Commit and push
         uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
         with:
-          commit_message: "chore: Release ${{ VERSION }} [skip ci]"
+          commit_message: "chore: Release ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }} [skip ci]"
 
   publish-docker:
     name: Publish to Docker Hub